Download or read book The Falcon s Feathers written by Ron Roy and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.
Download or read book Falcons written by Kate Riggs and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2023 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the falcon! Learn about how this bird of prey hunts with its sharp beak and talons. Elementary-aged readers will discover many kinds of falcons, from the speedy peregrine falcon to the huge gyrfalcon. Full color images and clear explanations highlight the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of these fascinating flying creatures. A Native American folktale explains why the falcon is the fastest bird on earth.
Download or read book Explorer Academy written by Trudi Strain Trueit and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Cruz Coronado leaves his home in Hawaii to study and travel with other young people invited to attend the elite Explorer Academy in Washington, D.C., but a family connection to the organization could jeopardize his future.
Download or read book Peregrine Falcon Master of Speed written by Josh Plattner and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Check out the fabulous Peregrine Falcon! Kids will find out about its superpower and how it is the Master of Speed. They will also learn how it builds a nest and raises babies and discover how it helps humans. Readers can decide for themselves what kind of superhero a peregrine falcon could be! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book The Thing with Feathers written by Noah Strycker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Strycker] thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet." -- Wall Street Journal An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world—and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries—revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature. Drawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, Noah Strycker spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and shares the startlingly intimate coexistence of birds and humans. With humor, style, and grace, he shows how our view of the world is often, and remarkably, through the experience of birds. You’ve never read a book about birds like this one.
Download or read book Peregrine Falcon written by Natalie Lunis and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the anatomical features that make the peregrine falcon the fastest animal in the world, includes fascinating facts about its habits and behavior, and compares its speed to that of other animals.
Download or read book The Feather Thief written by Kirk Wallace Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Download or read book Fluffy Strikes Back written by Ashley Spires and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergeant Fluffy Vandermere's number-one job is protecting the world from alien domination (aka bugs), and he takes his responsibility very seriously. So when the unthinkable happens and aliens invade headquarters --- bzzzzzz --- Fluffy sets out on a daring solo mission to defeat the intruders, rescue the hostages and --- POW! THWAP! KRUNK! --- save the world! This easy-to-read graphic novel is perfect for emergent readers. Sound effects, secret-agent elements and litter box humor add to the fun. The hilarious premise offers keen insight into the secret lives of cats, and touches on the very real themes of leadership, teamwork and bravery. Holy Hairballs! What a cat! What a leader! What an adventure!
Download or read book Feathers written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newbery Honor Book A beautiful and moving novel from a three-time Newbery Honor-winning author “Hope is the thing with feathers” starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn’t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more “holy.” There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he’s not white. Who is he? During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light—her brother Sean’s deafness, her mother’s fear, the class bully’s anger, her best friend’s faith and her own desire for “the thing with feathers.” Jacqueline Woodson once again takes readers on a journey into a young girl’s heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface. "[Frannie] is a wonderful role model for coming of age in a thoughtful way, and the book offers to teach us all about holding on to hope."—Children's Literature "A wonderful and necessary purchase for public and school libraries alike."—VOYA
Download or read book Maggie the One Eyed Peregrine Falcon written by Christie Gove-Berg and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building. She falls to the ground, alone and injured. Who will help her? As told with real photographs, this true story explains how wildlife hospitals rescue and treat injured animals. Their goal is to release the animals back into the wild. Sometimes, this isn't possible--but there can still be a happy ending. Maggie's story, written by Christie Gove-Berg, is just such a success!
Download or read book A to Z Mysteries The Kidnapped King written by Ron Roy and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2000-06-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! K is for Kidnapped . . . The king and queen of Costra have been kidnapped. For his own safety, Prince Sammi comes to Green Lawn to hide out at Dink’s house. But then Sammi is captured, too! Who kidnapped the king and his family? It’s a royal mystery for Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.
Download or read book A Field Guide to Hawks of North America written by William S. Clark and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling guide to hawks is now completely revised and in full color, with 40 color plates and 140 color photos. Up-to-date maps show ranges for each season, and the text covers all 39 diurnal raptors seen in North America.
Download or read book Falconer on the Edge written by Rachel Dickinson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Dickinson profiles falconer Steve Chindgren, a man willing to make extreme sacrifices to continue practicing the sport that has ruled his life. Dickinson arrives at a sense of falconry’s allure: the unpredictable nature of the hunt and the soaring exhilaration of success. Further exploration unveils the enormous emotional cost to a falconer who establishes an extraordinary tie to his birds. When, in the space of two days, Chindgren loses two birds that he’d been training for years, he is plunged into a profound depression that is only deepened when Jomo, his best bird, slows down because of old age. In addition to this challenge, Chindgren faces the danger to falconry that the modern world presents. Grouse habitat is being degraded by mining, agriculture, and gas industry interests. And the number of falconers is dwindling--the corps is graying and has few acolytes. Falconry is a sport that requires persistence, stoicism, and sacrifice; in this captivating account, Dickinson illuminates a fascinating subculture and one of its most hard core personalities.
Download or read book The Falcon s Feathers written by Ron Roy and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.
Download or read book The Lanner Falcon written by Giovanni Leonardi and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A to Z Mysteries The Falcon s Feathers written by Ron Roy and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! F is for Falcon . . . Find those falcons! After Josh discovers a falcons’ nest, he checks on the young birds every day. But when he tries to show Dink and Ruth Rose, the nest is empty! Could someone have taken the baby falcons? Soar into the mystery with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose!
Download or read book A to Z Mysteries The Falcon s Feathers written by Ron Roy and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! F is for Falcon . . . Find those falcons! After Josh discovers a falcons’ nest, he checks on the young birds every day. But when he tries to show Dink and Ruth Rose, the nest is empty! Could someone have taken the baby falcons? Soar into the mystery with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose!
